The best-selling Danish author of Smilla's Sense of Snow follows an eccentric family as they try to cope with the transition of Denmark from medieval society to modern welfare state. Reprint. K.

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About the Author:

Peter Hoeg, born in 1957 in Denmark, followed various callings--dancer, actor, sailor, fencer, and mountaineer--before turning seriously to writing. His work has been published in thirty-three countries.